fake Twitter profile of President Goodluck Jonathan
has caused confusion among Nigerians on who has the
largest followers on the social media platform between
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, a presidential candidate of
the All Progressives Congress, APC, and President
Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Both Buhari, who was a former Head of State, and
incumbent President Jonathan are the two major
candidates to contest for the 2015 presidential elections
in Nigeria.
Only today, 27 December, 2014, Saharareporters.com
released a story with the headline ‘Just 4 Days:
Buhari’s Twitter Followers Already Over Half Of
Jonathan’s Twitter Account Created 4 Years Ago’.
But upon investigation, it was revealed that the Twitter
profile in question, @JGoodlucktweets, though pro-
Jonathan, is not the Twitter profile of the President
neither is it listed on any of the President’s official
platforms.
In fact, one of the President’s aides had given an
interview to a national daily in 2013 explaining why the
President is not on Twitter.
Meanwhile, President Jonathan is verified on Facebook
where he has a following of almost 2 million followers.
It was gathered that the President has the second
largest following of any President after US President,
Barrack Obama and he regularly engages with
Nigerians through that medium.
It would be recalled that in 2010, CNN called Jonathan
the ‘Facebook President’.
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